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NYT has a public api that can be used to track some so-called "stealth edits". Full text is not supported, but the API has endpoints that provide headlines, abstracts, lead paragraphs, and article word counts.

Everything should work. Headlines that do not appear to have changed are resulting in different MD5 hashes and being duplicated in database. I will fix that at some point.

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article info:

article_id
d795dac7-b994-5940-8ad6-4733664cf59c
pub_date
2022-12-09 03:18:30
section_name
U.S.
document_type
article
web_uri
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-democrats.html

history:

version: 2022-12-09 11:45:03
Kyrsten​ Sinema​ Says​ She​ Will​ Leave​ the​ Democratic​ Party
Friday, December 09, 2022
The​ senator​ is​ registering​ as​ an​ independent,​ noting​ that​ she​ “never​ fit​ perfectly​ in​ either​ national​ party.”
Senator​ Kyrsten​ Sinema​ of​ Arizona,​ whose​ centrist​ approach​ pitted​ her​ against​ parts​ of​ President​ Biden’s​ agenda​ and​ made​ her​ the​ target​ of​ Democratic​ activists,​ is​ leaving​ the​ Democratic​ Party​ and​ registering​ as​ an​ independent,​ she​ announced​ on​ Friday​ in​ a​ series​ of​ interviews​ and​ in​ an​ essay​ in​ The​ Arizona​ Republic.
word count: 241
version: 2022-12-09 19:45:03
Kyrsten​ Sinema​ Says​ She​ Will​ Leave​ the​ Democratic​ Party
Friday, December 09, 2022
The​ Arizona​ senator​ is​ registering​ as​ an​ independent,​ noting​ that​ she​ “never​ fit​ perfectly​ in​ either​ national​ party.”
WASHINGTON​ —​ Senator​ Kyrsten​ Sinema​ of​ Arizona​ announced​ on​ Friday​ that​ she​ would​ leave​ the​ Democratic​ Party​ and​ become​ an​ independent,​ unsettling​ the​ party​ divide​ anew​ just​ days​ after​ Democrats​ secured​ an​ expanded​ majority​ in​ the​ Senate.
word count: 1277
version: 2022-12-10 03:45:03
Kyrsten​ Sinema​ Says​ She​ Will​ Leave​ the​ Democratic​ Party
Friday, December 09, 2022
The​ Arizona​ senator​ is​ registering​ as​ an​ independent,​ noting​ that​ she​ “never​ fit​ perfectly​ in​ either​ national​ party.”
WASHINGTON​ —​ Senator​ Kyrsten​ Sinema​ of​ Arizona​ announced​ on​ Friday​ that​ she​ would​ leave​ the​ Democratic​ Party​ and​ become​ an​ independent,​ unsettling​ the​ party​ divide​ anew​ just​ days​ after​ Democrats​ secured​ an​ expanded​ majority​ in​ the​ Senate.
word count: 1338
version: 2022-12-10 11:45:04
Kyrsten​ Sinema​ Says​ She​ Will​ Leave​ the​ Democratic​ Party
Friday, December 09, 2022
The​ Arizona​ senator​ is​ registering​ as​ an​ independent,​ noting​ that​ she​ “never​ fit​ perfectly​ in​ either​ national​ party.”
WASHINGTON​ —​ Senator​ Kyrsten​ Sinema​ of​ Arizona​ announced​ on​ Friday​ that​ she​ would​ leave​ the​ Democratic​ Party​ and​ become​ an​ independent,​ unsettling​ the​ party​ divide​ anew​ just​ days​ after​ Democrats​ secured​ an​ expanded​ majority​ in​ the​ Senate.
word count: 1333

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